Gatwick Airport: Drones ground flights
Drone sightings shut down London’s Gatwick Airport on Wednesday night and the second-busiest U.K. airport remained closed on Thursday asContinue Reading
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British Airways travelers’ credit card details hacked
LONDON (AP) — British Airways is promising to compensate customers after reporting a major hack of its website that compromisedContinue Reading
Coca-Cola buys coffee chain Costa for £3.9 bn
London (AFP) – Coca-Cola on Friday said it had agreed to buy global coffee chain Costa from its UK ownerContinue Reading
Air France, British Airways to end flights to Tehran
Paris (AFP) – Air France and British Airways announced Thursday that they will halt flights to Tehran next month, citingContinue Reading
UK’s BorisJohnson refuses to apologize after saying Muslim women in burqas look like ‘bank robbers’
Former UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is refusing to apologize despite pressure from Britain’s political class — including Prime MinisterContinue Reading
Donald Trump meets the Queen, breaks protocol by failing to bow, walking in front- video
LONDON — It’s generally quite difficult to upstage the queen of England, but President Trump might have managed to doContinue Reading
Fire in central London: Almost 100 firefighters sent to tackle blaze at Mandarin Oriental hotel
A huge fire has broken out at a luxury hotel in central London a week after “the most extensive restorationContinue Reading
Boris Johnson rips Russia in hoax phone call
London (AFP) – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson discussed dealing with Moscow in an 18-minute phone call with Russian prankstersContinue Reading
The Colombo-Jaffna route on Yal Devi makes it to Guardian’s Top 18 World’s Best Rail Journeys
Some of the world’s wildest and most beautiful scenery is best enjoyed from a train window. The civil war inContinue Reading
Sajid Javid replaces Amber Rudd as UK Home Secretary
The communities secretary, Sajid Javid, has been appointed home secretary to replace Amber Rudd, the prime minister announced on Twitter. MinistersContinue Reading
